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Word: bike (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stalingrod in the fourth lap, the pack got handlebars tangled, and 25 riders dived into a mass pratfall. Shortly afterwards an East German cyclist soared off the road into a river. The Communists proudly emphasized that on-the-spot first aid was better than at any other international bike race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Peace Pedalers | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

...comedy was provided by a clutch of Albanians and Egyptians. The Albanian bicycles kept falling to pieces, and one of their riders was last seen alongside a road in Poland ruefully studying a wheel that had parted company from its bike. One of the Egyptians, Hassib Farouk, instead of resting after the day's lap scurried about to buttonhole unwary spectators and explain: "I have only been riding four months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Peace Pedalers | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

...Bike Race to Wellesley gets rolling at 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEEKEND EVENTS | 5/4/1956 | See Source »

...gold is merely a picnic with the Wellesley Outing Club and a $140 Italian racing bike, but nonetheless, at least 37 hopefuls will hop into their saddles at varying intervals starting at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon for the annual 16-mile grind to Wellesley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wellesley Attracts 37 | 5/4/1956 | See Source »

Ralph, you are clever grabbing hold of that truck. Much easier this way. Maybe we'll win the prize--$140 racer. Bike Exchange gives it. Real sports. Wellesley gives free food. My feet are killing...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: A Veteran's Guide to the Big Race | 5/2/1956 | See Source »

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